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A Credtent license grants an AI company rights to ingest and train on a defined corpus with documented chain of title. Coverage includes the specified training use cases, EU AI Act and California AB 2013 compliance documentation, and anti-plagiarism output safeguards. Each license is scoped to a named corpus and its rights holders, so the AI company holds a defensible, auditable record of what it trained on and under what terms.
Yes. Credtent structures retroactive licenses for training data an AI company has already ingested. Credtent identifies the relevant rights holders, negotiates a license covering the prior use, and provides documentation demonstrating good-faith compliance. This converts undocumented past ingestion into a licensed, auditable position rather than an open liability.
A 20-minute scoping call produces a proposal within 5 business days. Most Credtent licensing deals close in 2 to 6 weeks, depending on the complexity of the content scope and how many rights holders are involved. Larger or multi-vertical corpora sit at the longer end of that range; single-catalog deals close faster.
Credtent provides chain-of-title records for licensed content, training-data disclosure reports for EU AI Act Article 53 obligations, California AB 2013 disclosure scaffolding, opt-out records demonstrating good-faith compliance, and audit-ready usage reporting. Together these give an AI company a documented, defensible record of what it licensed, from whom, and for which use cases.
Because the legal exposure is material and growing. Multiple active cases are litigating the use of scraped training data, and regulatory disclosure requirements now create a documentation trail that makes undocumented scraping visible. Opt-out mechanisms also mean that ignoring a registered opt-out becomes a documented non-compliance record. Licensing through Credtent replaces that exposure with a defensible, auditable position.
No. Credtent functions as a licensing agent, not a publisher or co-owner. You keep full IP ownership of everything you list. Credtent holds only limited representation rights for AI licensing, and you can terminate that representation at any time. Listing your catalog does not transfer copyright, exclusivity, or any ownership interest to Credtent.
Every licensing deal Credtent closes routes 85% of gross revenue directly to the rights holders and data providers whose content was licensed. Credtent retains the remaining 15% to cover its platform, legal infrastructure, compliance tooling, and operations. The split is applied to gross, not net, and is written into every contract, so rights holders always receive the larger share.
Credtent distributes royalties quarterly. Each distribution comes with usage reports detailing which licensees used your catalog and at what volume, so you can see exactly which deals generated your share. Payments follow the 85/15 split, with 85% of gross licensing revenue going to you as the rights holder.
Yes. During catalog registration with Credtent you set parameters across verticals, use cases, and application types. You can exclude specific licensees or whole categories, and every deal requires your approval before it executes. No license is granted on your content without your sign-off, so you retain control over who trains on your work and for what purpose.
Credtent accepts text, audio, video, image, and structured data across the education, healthcare, sports, entertainment, and media verticals. Credtent operates a multimodal Independent Creative Registry, so a rights holder can register mixed-format catalogs in one place rather than across separate single-format registries.
Yes, and it stays free. Registering a work for the industry-wide opt-out with Credtent costs nothing and will remain free permanently. This is a foundational commitment tied to Credtent's Public Benefit Corporation structure, which legally obligates the company to protect creative rights. Free opt-out is not a promotional tier; it is a standing part of how Credtent operates.
When you register works with Credtent and select opt-out, Credtent communicates your preference to every AI company in its network. Those companies are contractually prohibited from training on your opt-out-registered works. Rather than relying on each platform's separate toggle, you set the preference once with Credtent and it propagates across the network under contract.
Yes. Opting out through Credtent is fully reversible. You can update your preferences at any time to enable licensing, with no retroactive fees and no penalties. A work that is opted out today can be made licensable tomorrow, and one that is licensable can be withdrawn to opt-out, so your position is never locked in.
Credtent provides continuous auditing and monitoring of network activity. When a violation is detected, Credtent documents it and supports enforcement through its network contracts, and it provides legal evidence to rights holders who choose to pursue action. The opt-out is backed by contractual obligations and an evidence trail, not by good faith alone.
Credtent is a neutral licensing infrastructure platform that connects AI companies with rights-cleared, provenance-verified training data. Credtent operates a multimodal Independent Creative Registry where creators and rights holders register works for opt-out, licensing, or both. As a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation, Credtent acts as a neutral agent between content owners and AI companies, taking no equity in either side and building no models of its own.
Credtent retains 15% of gross licensing revenue on each deal it closes; the other 85% flows to the rights holders and data providers whose content was licensed. There are no subscription fees for enterprise content owners. Individual creators can register for free, or choose premium licensing plans at $49 and $99 per year.
No. Credtent is a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation whose bylaws structurally prohibit acquisition by any major AI company or big-tech platform. Credtent does not build models, take equity positions, or share data outside of licensed transactions. This independence is permanent by design rather than a revocable policy, which is what lets Credtent act as a trusted neutral party for both sides of the market.
Credtent Inc. is a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation and is B Corp certified. The PBC structure legally obligates Credtent to pursue a defined public benefit, protecting creative rights in the AI economy, alongside financial returns. This is why Credtent can commit to permanent neutrality and a free opt-out: those commitments are written into its corporate form, not just its policies.
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